Reserva de la Biosfera del Bosque Mbaracayu

Project/Juridiction proponent

NameWebsiteLocation of headquartersOrganization type
Fundación Moisés Bertoni#http://www.mbertoni.org.py/v1/en#ParaguayNGO/private non for profit

Project/Juridiction Partners

NameWebsiteLocation of headquartersOrganization type
The Nature ConservancyNDParaguayNGO/private non for profit

Project characteristics

  • ID-RECCO ID
    156
  • Project status 2022
    Ended
  • Project name
    Reserva de la Biosfera del Bosque Mbaracayu
  • Secondary name
    Mbaracayú Forest Nature Reserve
  • Country
    Paraguay
  • Last IDRECCO update year
    2020
  • Size (in hectare)
    64406
  • Start year
    ND
  • End year
    ND
  • Duration
    ND
  • Project description
    The project was an initiative of The Nature Conservancy, Fundación Moisés Bertoni (FMP) and other funders to protect the forest through the establishment of the Mbaracayú Forest Nature Reserve and the surrounding buffer zone. The project generates carbon offsetts for AEP (principal funder), and provides various benefits to the indigenous Ache people.
  • Objective 1
    biodiversity conservation
  • Objective 2
    climate
  • Objective 3
    Protection of Indigenous Peoples
  • Deforestation drivers
    illegal logging, industrial agriculture or cattle ranching, industrial wood exploitation, local livelihoods
  • Type of forest
    ND
  • Project activity
    REDD
  • Project Type
    REDD
  • Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
    NA
  • Multiple locations?
    No
  • Jurisdiction level 1
    Department: Canindeyú
  • Jurisdiction level 2
    District: Villa Ygatimí

Carbon accounting

  • Crediting period
    ND
  • Period to calculate annual carbon credits
  • Annual carbon credits
  • Total carbon credits
    27000000
  • Leakage is expected?
    ND
  • Carbon pools included
    ND
  • Gasses included
    ND
  • Reference period start year
    ND
  • Reference period end year
    ND
  • Carbon standard 1
    none

Carbon certification

  • Carbon standard 1 Progress
    ND
  • Carbon standard 1 Publication date
    ND
  • Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
    ND
  • Carbon standard 1 Expiry date
    ND
  • Carbon standard 2
    none
  • Carbon standard 2 Progress
    ND
  • Carbon standard 2 Publication date
    ND
  • Carbon standard 2 Weblinks
    ND
  • Carbon standard 2 Expiry date
    ND
  • Carbon standard 3
    none
  • Carbon standard 3 Progress
    ND
  • Carbon standard 3 Publication date
    ND
  • Carbon standard 3 Weblinks
    ND
  • Carbon standard 3 Expiry date
    ND
  • Source of information
    http://www.forestcarbonportal.com/project-list; http://www.ecosystemmarketplace.com/pages/dynamic/article.page.php?page_id=5493§ion=home ; https://mowgli-adventures.com/mbaracayu-forest-nature-reserve/; http://environment.research.yale.edu/documents/downloads/0-9/105padwe.pdf (not accessible as of September 2020);

Community level intervention

  • Any monetary benefits?
    ND
  • Monetary benefit type
    ND
  • Monetary benefit detail
    ND
  • Provides employment?
    Yes
  • Are there non-cash benefits?
    Yes
  • Economic activities - type
    agriculture | ecotourism
  • Is there tenure clarification?
    ND
  • Is there environmental education?
    ND
  • Is there forest access restriction or control/monitoring of deforestation?
    ND
  • Is there forest enhancement?
    ND
  • Is there community infrastracture improvement?
    Yes
  • Is there other community benefits?
    Yes